Ok, I've been through many, many, MANY problems with linuxmce... quite a few of them are also experienced here by other users, so I thought I would put together a small "what works for me, what to stay away from"

I'm writing this as I go, cause I broke my install by screwing with the repositories... just a note, don't do that...just like everyone else, http://deb.plutohome.com/20dev_ubuntu main returns error 404... I tried playing with that and really broke my config.SO, here we go again.

Ok, first, My VOIP router plugs into broadband, Dlink router into VOIP router, this allows the rest of my network to continue to operate while I play.MCE box plugged into DI524 with ETH0

Boot and install ubuntu 6.10 Desktop

*** don't try mixing SATA with PATA - you'll get frustrated.. keep it either all PATA or all SATA... I ended up bying a SATA DVD RW because of these frustrations...

that said, once ubuntu is installed from CD, reboot, and then do all the software updates. DO NOT update to 7.04!

Grab another cup of coffee... drink it, and wait.

once you have ubuntu 6.10 updated and good to go, then go to www.getautomatix.com and install automatix.

This really helps installation of codecs and video card drivers.

ok, I'll update this when my ubuntu is finished installing... TTYL

(BTW, if you follow with me, it should work, I DID have it working quite well, bear with me...)

Couple of other parts I remember: Install a hybrid, booting to ubuntu by default... I tried all the other combinations, got lots of errors, HAL errors, etc. This was the only config I managed to get working.

Ok, will update in a bit.

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At some point, you will see more updates available, wait until automatix finishes, then do more updates.If you installed the NVidia driver, automatix will want to reboot. go ahead, then do the rest of the updates.ok, all is good so far, install the mce-installer... (hehe)

Insert the Linuxmce CD and Dblclick Install Linux MCE*** First Question it asks, Do you also want to use this core to act as a media player, select YES (default)next is external network config, although, I use my Dlink router with DHCP on that side, I still select static IP address, all goes well cause it's registered in the router anyway.

Tells you to insert CD -> ForwardRun a DHCP server: YESInternal Network 192.168.80Click Forwardit asks How do you plan to use this computer? select Primarily used as a PC --- DO NOT select dedicated mce - you'll run into HAL errors (hardware abstraction Layer)

Grab another cup of coffee, smoke em if you got em, and relax. Once it finishes caching CD to the hard drive and installs, I will update.

TTYL

Dan

« Last Edit: May 03, 2007, 06:55:12 am by ddamron »

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Ok, This is pissing me off... the attempts, thought it was a sources issue, still do, but trying one more, If I can't get it, I'll post the log, maybe someone out there can find out where the install is failing.

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The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.My other computer is your windows box. I'm out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes.Q: What's Red and smells like blue paint?

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: pluto-dcerouter: Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: vim but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packages

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The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.My other computer is your windows box. I'm out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes.Q: What's Red and smells like blue paint?

Now that LinuxMCE is up and running again, I tried installing Automatix to get DVD working. But the automatix installer fails to install. I don't thing Automatix is compatible with LinuxMCE at this time.

what packages did you install to make dvd working? because linuxmce makes this kind of things to work.

Did you ask me or ddamron? I have not gotten DVD to work yet...

And since I can not add software I belive there is still a lot wrong with my installation...I'm now trying to install on Ubuntu 7.04 but it is not working either... The install fails after downloading packages I thing.

This is from the errorlog:Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: pluto-dcerouter: Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-orbitergen (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-orbitergen (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mce-diskless-tools (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mce-diskless-tools (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: ssh PreDepends: vim but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: samba but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: bind9 but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packages